Data Center Network Architect
Location: US, CA, San Jose
Department: Equinix
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
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Job description:
THE COMPANY: EQUINIX [NASDAQ:EQIX]Equinix is the leading global interconnection platform, accelerating business performance by connecting companies to their customers and partners inside the world’s most networked data centers.   More than 4,000 of the world’s most demanding customers trust Equinix to provide a place where they can run their mission-critical applications and grow their businesses.  Equinix has a mission to interconnect the world and create a historically significant company in the process.Highlights…~$2 billion company with close to 3500 employees worldwide, and quickly growing. Forbes named Equinix the #15 Fastest Growing Technology Company in America. Top notch leadership team with employees dedicated and committed to customers and each other.Equinix Corporate OverviewEquinix Ranked Number 271 Fastest Growing Company in North American on Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500Equinix to Join the NASDAQ-100 IndexOur Vision &amp; HistoryGreen Initiatives – Working Toward a Sustainable FutureTHE OPPORTUNITY: Data Center Network Architect {multiple openings}Equinix is looking for Data Center Network Architects to design the next generation Data Center Fabric that provides programmability, large scale and high performance for Equinix customers.The Ideal candidate would have extensive technology and design experience in Internet Protocols, Ethernet transport and Virtual Networks.  Candidate needs to have experience in Software Networking and Virtualization, Security and Data Center architecture.   Specifically…Architect and build layer 2 and layer 3 fabric in a Data Center environment.Develop software and virtualization technology design and strategy for interconnects.Analyze networking and software technologies and vendors to support service requirements.Create customer specific technology architecture to achieve application performance and security requirements.Responsible for writing RFI for vendors’ selection based on proposed architecture and working with vendors in testing new technologies in the lab.Responsible for developing and implementing technology architecture and test plans.Provide thought leadership, strategy and lead innovation by exploring, investigating, recommending, benchmarking and implementing technologies for SDN and cloud service orchestration controller.Hands-on network design and development.

Requirements:
EDUCATION: BS or MS in engineering or related technical field. EXPERIENCE: 10+ years of working experience in network, data center and virtualization related technologies.Highly proficient and hands on experience in the following inter networking technologies: IGP (OSPF/ISIS), MBGP/BGP, Multicast, MPLS, L2VPN (VPLS,EVPN), L3VPN(BGP IP-VPN), STP,L2 switching, TCP/IP, IPv6.Knowledge of security and enterprise architecture.Experience in architecting and building data center fabrics with high availability and high scalability.Expert level knowledge of Layer-2 and Layer 3 network technologies.Required working experience with NSP and internet peering exchanges.Knowledge on cloud service concepts &amp; cloud service infrastructures.Knowledge of computer and network virtualization as it pertains to virtualization in data center environment.Ability to effectively communicate across globally distributed cross-functional teams and roles.Candidate should be highly capable in presenting and white-boarding technical information.

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